Panic Room
Panic Room is a 2002 American thriller film directed by David Fincher. The film stars Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and daughter whose new home is invaded by burglars, played by Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, and Dwight Yoakam. The script was written by David Koepp, whose screenplay was inspired by news coverage in 2000 about panic rooms.
Plot
Recently divorced Meg Altman and her eleven-year-old daughter, Sarah, move into a four-story brownstone in New York City's Upper West Side. The house's previous owner, a reclusive millionaire, installed a "panic room" to protect the occupants from intruders. The room is reinforced by concrete and steel on all sides and a thick steel door. There is also an extensive security system with multiple surveillance cameras and a public address system.
More details
| author | David Koepp |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | David Fincher |
| editor | Angus Wall James Haygood |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | bearer bond bearer bonds break in brownstone diabetes diabetic divorce extended family force glucagon hear injured kill locked in panic room probate public address system safe room security company security system surveillance camera surveillance cameras think upper west side west side |
| musicBy | Howard Shore |
| producer | Ceán Chaffin David Koepp Gavin Polone Judy Hofflund |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles New York City |
| theme | psychological thriller security and surveillance |